Attachment for cultivators



April 1929- H. o. REMINGTON 1,707,416

ATTACHMENT FOR GULTIVATORS Filed July 21, 1927 INVENTOR.

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Patented Apr; 2, 1929.

HOMER 0. REMINGTON,

or MAUS'ION, WISCONSIN.

ATTACHMENT FOR QULTIVATORS.

Application filed July 21,

This invention relatestocultivator attachments, and particularly tomeans for cultivating between corn rows or other crops which, during theearly stages of growth, require frequent and careful tillage.

Cultivating between corn rows has heretofore been accomplished by theuse of shovels or plows which tend to throw the earth to either or bothsides and onto the corn, thus covering up the young and tender plants. V

The general object of the'present invention is to provide a cultivatorattachment,

which may be applied'to t-he'shank of any ordinary cultivator as, forinstance,'a sulky cultivator and which is in the form of a clampdetachably engaging the shank, the

' clamp carrying three cultivator teeth. or

shovels'in place of the ordinary cultivator teeth or the single shovelplow, which teeth I will dig intoand stir up the ground without,however, in any way affecting the youngplants and without throwing anyearth over 7 onto these young plants, such an attachment permitting offasterworking and of working closely to the plants withoutcov-Q v shank.is illustrated in the accomering the same.

My invention panying drawing, wherein i Figure 1 is a plan view of "myattachment, the cultivator stock or standard being in section; 7 v

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the structure shown in Figure 1. I

Referring to this drawing, it will be seen that the attachmentconsists'of a clamping portion, designated '10, which is formed toembrace the shank 11 of a cultivator, such as a'sulky cultivator, thoughI do notwish to be limited to this. This portion 10 has two rearwar'dlyextending arms 12 which 7 extend rearwardly and laterally to any desiredextent, and these arms adjacent the portion 10 are perforated at 13 forthe passage of a clamping bolt 14 which extends through the arms and bywhich the portion 10 may be clamped upon the shank 11. l Thebody portion10 has two inwardly extending prolongations 15 which may be attached tothe body 10- or formed integral therewith 1927. Serial No. 207,503.

.and which clampingly engage the rear face of the cultivator shank.Bolted to the extremities of the arms 12 are the plows or shovels 16which'may be i of any suitable character but are shown as relativelysmall plows or teeth. Bolted to, the front face of the portion 10 is anapproximately U-shaped clip 17 having lat-, erally directed end portions18 and shovel 19 maybe bolted to this clip or the clip 7 may be turnedvertically and a single shovel or plow point- 19 may be bolted to thisclip. The front shovel isdisposed directly in front of the shank and therear shovels 1.6are disposed six inches rearward, I one on each side,the outside of each rear shovel being five inches from a center line. Aclamp of the character disclosed will fit most cultivator shanks. Theshovels or teeth are approximately one and one-half TENTToFFrce;

inch wide inactual use and the clamp pori tion 10 with its arms isapproximately two" inches in width. While I have illustrated a clampwhich fits a cylindrical shank, I do not wish to be limited thereto asthe clamp might be readily formed" to fit a. square separately and canbe readily replaced with a new shovels when worn.

I do not wish to be limited to the exact Each shovel is bolted to theclamp IL 1 'details shown, as these might be modified 7 in many wayswithout departing from the spirit of the invention as defined in theappended claims.

I claim? 1. An attachment for cultivators comprising a clamp having"abody portion formed of a single strip of metal, the body portion beingU-shaped in plan to embrace I and fit upon a circular cultivator shank,the body portion then having laterally and rearwardly diverging arms,means disposed upon the inner faces of the U-shaped body portionoppositethe bight thereof to engage against the cultivator shank, and abolt connecting the U-shaped portion of said, strip rearward-of saidmeans.

' 2. An attachment for cultivators comprising va clamp having a bodyportion 7 formed-of a single strip of metal, thebody portion beingU-shaped in plan to embrace Ward of said means, a clip riveted to theand fit upon a circular cultivator shank, the front of the clamp body, ashovel deta'ch-' body portion then having laterally and rearably engagedWith said clip, and shovels Wardly diverging arms, lneans disposedbolted to the ends of the laterally projeoting 5 upon the inner faces ofthe U-shaped body arms. 4

' portion opposite the bight thereof to engage In testimony whereof Ihereunto affix my against the cultivator shank, a bolt conneotsignature.ing the U-shaped portion of said strip rear- HOMER O. REMINGTON.

